Scotland

NHS Forth Valley are asking the public whether they can help identify a man in their care who has no recollection of his own identity and no documentation.

Gale force winds on the Shetland Islands on 7 December left a four-year-old orca stranded on a grassy field near Eshaness on the west coast.

Scotland houses 2,000 Syrian refugees three years ahead of schedule through the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces.

The gang have been prosecuted for drug-dealing, firearms, violence and kidnappings including the torture of a man over an unpaid cocaine debt.

Readers of a pro-Remain newspaper tweet apocalyptic vision of Britain after exit from the European Union.

Nationalist leaders from across the United Kingdom have voiced their concerns over a possible deal that could see Northern Ireland continue under EU trade laws and regulations.

John Kilpatrick has been jailed for 44 months after he posed as a talent scout for top London modelling agency BMA Models asking girls to send increasingly revealing photographs.

A combination of aggressive acquisitions and expansion initiatives have transformed the petrochemical company in a matter of years.

Adele Rennie pleaded guilty to 18 charges including stalking, sexual offences, data protection breaches and attempting to pervert justice.

Imran 'Baldy' Shahid, who was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years in 2006, demanded the penis pump returned because he has a 'bad reaction' to Viagra tablets.

Ryan Graham, from Irvine, has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. His 34-year-old victim took her own life during the investigation.

The Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) officers executed a warrant to raid the farm near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.

Buster was in rescue care with the Scottish SCPA for two years and needed a tail amputation after repeated injuries from wagging it too hard. He has now been happily rehomed.

Farmers in the UK have been asked to "soil their underwear" in a drive to improve animal husbandry across the UK.

Garry Brand, 49, from Perth, Scotland, has been jailed after he held a knife to a woman's throat while attacking her in his home in June.

An empty ambulance burst into flames and exploded outside Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow. No one was injured and authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.

One-eyed killer Adrian Hynd, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, stabbed a man to death in his own home leaving an ornamental vampire skull sword embedded in his victim's chest.

Lice numbers were way above the expected numbers, posing significant questions for suppliers to supermarkets.

Gary Dryden, 18, raped the girl on seven occasions at sports centre in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire Scotland. Dryden had contacted her after she celebrated her 12th birthday.

Emergency services rushed to the property on Morris Crescent in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, which is near three schools, after receiving a call at 11am on 24 October.

Raisin Monday is the culmination of Raisin Weekend – an alcohol-fuelled rite of passage for new students at St Andrew's University in Scotland.

Romanian shepherd Samuel Ciornei, 20, was found guilty of raping a schoolgirl in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, less than three weeks after arriving in Scotland.

Three men have 'life changing' injuries after an acid attack following a chase with culprits who kicked the door in of their flat in Cumbernauld, Scotland.

Frank McGowan was left reeling from Cheryl Cottrell's drunken attack at a house party in Scotland, in which she put her fingers inside him. He even considered suicide.

Drinks giant Diageo said it will bring back production of its Brora and Port Ellen brands, which were mothballed 34 years ago, as single malt sales jump.

The two resorts in Scotland have made major losses for the third consecutive financial year.

Convicted sex offender Christopher Drummond ordered his brother Alexander Stewart to rape the girl in Ross-shire, Scotland, the High Court in Edinburgh heard.

A route operated between Scotland's Orkney Islands clocks in at just 80 seconds, which is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world.

The alleged victim had been drinking in London all day before she met William Paton in a London bar, a court heard. The woman alleges she awoke to find Paton having sex with her.

The dwelling was uncovered during water pipeline upgrade works.